Referee on Welker's drop: 'That was the game'

By Mike McDermott Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Referee John Parry predicted that the failure of Tom Brady and Wes Welker to connect on a second down pass in the fourth quarter would cost the Patriots Super Bowl XLVI, according to game audio played on the NFL Network's "Sound FX" show. The half-hour program reairs on the NFL Network today at 3:30. After Welker failed to haul in Brady's back-shoulder pass, Parry -- who was wearing a microphone for the show -- said, "Whoa, that was the game." In other highlights of the show, which debuted Wednesday night: -Giants linebacker Michael Boley is heard early in the game telling his teammates that Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is not 100 percent. "Eighty-seven's a decoy," Boley says. "He's about to be outta here." -After the Giants were called for a holding penalty that negated a 10-yard run on a third-and-1 in the second quarter, eventually forcing New York to...